5702.50.40.00 - Other (465) 🖩

This HTS category, 5702.50.40.00, encompasses woven textile floor coverings that are not tufted or flocked, and are not made up into finished articles. Crucially, these floor coverings are constructed from wool or fine animal hair. The term "Other" in the description signifies that this category captures woven rugs and carpets of wool or fine animal hair that do not fall into more specific sub-classifications within the broader woven category. This includes a wide array of intricately woven floor coverings where the pile construction is absent and the material is specifically identified as wool or fine animal hair.

The distinction from its sibling category, 5702.50.20.00, lies in the manufacturing process. While both cover woven, non-tufted floor coverings of wool or fine animal hair, this category specifically includes those manufactured on power-driven looms. Therefore, the key differentiating factor is the use of power-driven machinery in the weaving process, as opposed to manual or non-power-driven loom techniques which are classified under the sibling entry.

As a leaf node, this classification does not have further subcategories. Its coverage is therefore limited to woven floor coverings of wool or fine animal hair, not tufted or flocked, not made up, and woven on a power-driven loom. Examples within this classification would include machine-made Oriental rugs, certain types of tapestries intended for floor covering use, and other woven textiles of wool or fine animal hair that are not otherwise specified and meet the criteria of being woven on power-driven looms.